A college student in Taiwan died after staying awake for four days and three nights playing online games nonstop during his winter break, ignoring his mother's repeated pleas to stop and rest.

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For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.